Ha'aretz Reporter Ordered to Pay Uncontested Libel

The registrar of the Jerusalem Magistrates Court ordered Ha'aretz reporter Neri Livneh, Monday, to pay 200,000 shekels plus court costs and attorneys fees to the Samarian (Shomron) community of Itamar and three of its residents after she did not respond in time to their defamation suit and did not seek an extension to file a response.